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Israeli rabbinate ‘blacklisting’ American rabbisSome 160 rabbis, including several prominent American Orthodox leaders, appear on a list of rabbis whom Israel’s haredi Orthodox-dominated Chief Rabbinate does not trust to confirm the Jewish ident...

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Obama at the Israel Museum

President Barack Obama, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and James Snyder, director of the Israel Museum and Belle Vernon native, at the museum. (Video courtesy of the prime minister's office)

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Big Night

Video by Ohad Cadji for the Chronicle

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